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▲{{infobox record label
| image = [[Image:Select-O-Hits Independent Dist blue.jpg|300px]]
| parent = [[selectohits|Select-O-Hits, Inc.]]
| founded = September, 1960
| founder = Tom Phillips, [[Sam Phillips]]
| genre = [[Gospel music|Gospel]], [[Rap music|Rap]], [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]], [[Blues]], [[Country music|Country]], [[Latin music (genre)|Latin]]
| distributor = [[The Orchard (company)|The Orchard]]
| country = [[United States|U.S.]]
| url = http://www.selectohits.com
}}
'''Select-O-Hits''' is an American [[independent record label]] distributor of music based in [[Memphis, Tennessee]], United States. They have been in business for
==Company history==
===The early years===
▲:'''Select-O-Hits''' , which is owned by Sam W. Phillips and John Phillips, was co-founded in 1960<ref>[http://memphis.bizjournals.com/memphis/stories/2002/09/16/focus2.html?surround=etf&ana=e_article Memphis Business Journal: Phillips' family business still rolling in music industry]</ref> by their father, Tom Phillips, and uncle, [[Sam Phillips]], the legendary founder of [[Sun Records]].
▲:Tom Phillips began his career in music as [[Jerry Lee Lewis]]' road manager for a number of years. He had invested all of his savings into an upcoming 1958 European tour when news of Lewis' marriage to his [[Myra Gale Brown|13-year-old cousin]] hit the front pages. Lewis' career came to a sudden, although temporary, halt. The tour was cancelled, and Tom was broke. Sam helped by giving him a job in the Sun Records warehouse and allowing Tom to live with him while his family stayed behind in Mobile, Alabama. Eventually, Tom saved enough money to send for his family in 1960.
▲:Tom was not satisfied with running the warehouse, so with the help of his wife, Lucille, he opened a small record store and one-stop that provided small, predominantly black-owned record stores with everything from phonograph needles to display racks.
===1970s to 1990s===
:Select-O-Hits has formed a number of successful record labels, such as Avenue, Icehouse, SOH, Brutal Records, Basix Music, Blues Works and [[Prophet Entertainment]]. In 1997 half of the company was sold to [[Malaco Records]] of Jackson, Mississippi.<ref>[http://memphis.bizjournals.com/memphis/stories/2004/12/27/smallb1.html?surround=etf&ana=e_article Memphis Business Journal: Holiday hit - Cash registers ringing with sales of Select-O-Hits CDs]</ref>▼
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===Recent===
===Select-O Latino===
▲:In 2007, Select-O-Hits began distributing Latin and [[Regional Mexican music|Regional Mexican]] music labels.
▲:Since then, the "Select-O Latino" brand has grown to include multiple [[Latin Grammy Awards|Latin Grammy]]-nominated artists like [[Luis Enrique (singer)|Luis Enrique]], Luz Rios, [[Diego Verdaguer]], Los Invasores de Nuevo León, and [[Orestes Vilató]].<ref>[http://www.latingrammy.com/en/winners/1-general 2009 Latin Grammy nominees and winners]</ref>
▲==Sampling of Artists and Labels distributed==
===Artists===
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* [[The Texas Tenors]]
* [[Colt Ford]]
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* [[Three 6 Mafia]]
* [[Brantley Gilbert]]
* [[Miguelito (
* [[Chris Isaak]]
* [[Don Cheto]]
* [[Joan Jett]]
* [[Lega-C]]
* [[
* [[Jencarlos Canela]]
* [[Diana Reyes]]
* [[Diego Verdaguer]]
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* [[Bobby Jones (singer)|Bobby Jones]]
* [[Nokie Edwards]]
* [[Lil Wyte]]
* [[Jawga Boyz]]
* King Lil G
* [[Ryan Upchurch]]
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===Labels===
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* [[Blackheart Records]]
* [[Prophet Entertainment]]
* [[Heartless Records]]▼
* [[Art Greenhaw]] Records
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{{Reflist}}
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJMaGmxW01Q Video :Light Crust Doughboys/Art Greenhaw Chronicles Vol. 1 @ YouTube]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRpt7NKFkTo James Blackwood & the Light Crust Doughboys Years: GospelL Texas-Style @ YouTube]
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